Instrument holder



May 15, 1928.

1,669,523 A. ISECOFF INS TRUMENT HOLDER Filed Aug. 26, 1927 Patented May 15, 1928 UNITED STATES ALBERT ISEGOFF, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

INSTRUMENT HOLDER.

Application filed August 26, 1927.

This invention relates to improvement in instrument holders and, while adapted for various instruments, is especially designed for supporting a violin and a violin-bow when not in use, the device being adapted to be attached to a music-stand or supported in a show-window, or wherever it is desired to hang a violin. The object of the invention is to provide a device which will grip the neck of a violin so as to suspend the same from any desired point and with means for detachably connecting the holder with any desired support, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side View of an instrument holder constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the inner ends of the jaws coupled with a supporting-clamp Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the supporting-plate detached;

7 is a perspective view of the clamp member with the movable-jaw removed; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another form of holder-supporting device.

In carrying out my invention, I employ two jaws 10 and 11 formed from wood or other suitable material and preferably covered with felt or other suitable fabric. Applied to the sides of the jaws are straps 12 and 13, which strengthens the jaws, and at their inner ends these straps are formed with blocks lat and 15, each formed with a longitudinal hole 16. The jaws are secured to a supporting-plate 17 by forming that plate with downvvarcllyturned, perforated ears 18 and 19 and passing rivets 20 through the ears and blocks. The back of the plate is formed with a T-shaped lug. 21. This lug is adapted to enter a slot 22 formed in a bracket 23, which consists of a fixed-jaw 24 and a body 25, through which a screw 26 extends, the screw being provided with a clamping-plate 27 co-acting with the fixedjaw 2 to clamp the holder to a music-stand or other supporting device Serial NO. 215,635.

To connect the holder with the clamp, the holder is turned so that the lug 21 will enter the slot 22, and this slot is widened between its ends to provide for the turning of the lug into a plane at right angles to the plane of the clamp.

Attached to each of the jaws is a spring 28 which projects beyond the jaws into a bearing with the outer face of the plate 17, and preferably attached to one of the jaws is a hook 29 which is also covered with felt or other suitable material, and this hook provides a support for aviolin-bow, the device being attached to amusic-stand or other support in convenient position to a support a violin when not in use, the neck being crowded between the jaws, which yield for that purpose, the adjacent faces of the jaws being properly curved so that, when the neck of the violin is between them, it will be firmly held and the bow may be suspended from the hook.

Instead of employing a clamp to support the holder, a sheet-metal bracket 30 may be used, this bracket being adapted to be secured to the underside of a shelf or other structure in a store-window, this bracket being provided with a slot 31 to receive the lug 21 in the same way as the lug is secured to the clamp, as above described.

I thus provide, in a very simple way, a holder particularly adapted for violins when not in use.

I claim:

1. An instrument holder, comprising a pair of jaws, a plate to which the jaws are hinged, a spring attached to each jaw and bearing against said plate, said plate formed with a lug, and means engaged by said lug for supporting the holder in a horizontal position.

2. An instrument holder, comprising a pair of jaws, straps secured to the outer edges and inner ends of said jaws, said straps formed with blocks combined with a plate pivotally connected with said blocks, springs attached to the sides of said jaws and extending into engagement with said plate, said plate formed with a rearwardlyextending lug adapted to engage with supporting-means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

ALBERT 

